Cornice for window curtains



Oct. 3, 1933. H. w. GABEL CORNICE FOR WINDOW CURTAINS Filed Feb. 8, 1932 INVENTOR. 15km W GABEL ATTORNEY-S.

-.-.U;NITED STATES ,KOiEFliCEf J 1,929,140, CRN1CE-FOR wlnnow cUIt'rAINs Herman W. Gabel, San FranciscmfCalif. Application February 8, 1932. Serial No. 591,668

s'oleims. (arises) The present invention relates toirnprovementsing'a straight'edge 6 adapted to lie against the, in comices for window curtainsand its principal wall of the building, a substantially flat top edge object is to provide certain'improvements in 7 and front andbottom edges8 and'9 suitably cornices of the character described which will formed to present artistic outlines." Near its 1 simplify the construction of the cornice. front edge 8, the inner face of each bracket 2 60 More particularly, it is proposed to provide a isformedwith a recess 10 whichcorresponds in cornicein which a front piece is supported'in Outline t0 t ss section Ofthe frentvpiece, brackets in such a manner that therends of the so that the end of the front piece may be slipped front'piece may be inserted into registering reinto the recess and is firmly held therein against 7 l0 cesses in the brackets without any change being: remov eXcePt by W S movement- The t p 65. required in-the front piece so that'a front piece of the bracket'is formed with a Suitab ledge of uniform cross section and indefinite length 111 which is substantia y flus with a Similar may be cut anywhere and will fit the brackets at, ledge1'2 formed i t front P 0 that the. both ends. cover plate 7 may rest on the ledges 11 and 12 16 A particular advantage of this construction is and e p t yer t space controlled y t I0 7 that the front piece'of the cornice may be or-' l' c 7 i V dered from the mill in any suitable commercial n applying t invention, the contractor. or

length and maybe cut, at the point of e pncg. carpenter buys the front piece in suitable comtion, into Suitable lengths n ing to themercial lengths and cuts the same into pieces 20' widths of the various windows in' connectionwith c rresp nding to the width of the window at the which it is to be used, each lengthbeing adapted P e Of ppli ion. He-then inserts t O to fit-into the brackets. Itis furthe proposed endsof the front piece into the two recesses of v in the present invention, to provide acornice simt brackets and p l h cover Plate w i h ple in construction that is provided with suity be a d; e ledges d which ther y 25f able means for fastening the sam t a i d ties thejsanie into a single unit. The length of frame. V the front piece is such that after the bracket has Further objects and advantages fn1yv been assembled, it will fit over thewindow castion will appear as the-specification proceeds. indicated a ,3 hich it may be secured The preferred form of my invention is i1lus-- by m ans f nails la'or in any" other suitable 80. tratedin the accompanyingdrawing, in which a v 35 Figure 1 shows a vertical section through-my 'The' advantagescf .my construction will be" c rni t ke t lin 1 1 g Figure 2; readily understood. Inthe firstplace, the front Figure 2, a front view of a portion of my cori g y be pp d hrou h the market in i e; e i commercial lengths and may be cut up without .35; Figure, 3, a perspective view of one of the any appreciable waste at the place where .the b ket u ed i my c i e; d cornice is-to be applied. 'In the second place, the Figure 4, a plan view on a ed ed ,1 a fact that the recess 10 is made to exactly correcornice made in accordance with my invention. I SDOIId'tb e. CIcSS Section the front p While I have shown only the pref d m causes the latter to' be firmly anchored in the 40. ofmy invention, I wish to have it understood that bracket, a d th o a rwhi it can be 7;

various changes or modifications m'ay be made a p i ehdWiSe dr a Sihce Withwithin the scope of the claims hereto attached drawal is impossiblerafter the cornice has been' without departing'from the spirit 'of the irivenassembled, i is pp that ymbination tion, a produces an exceedingly strong unit in which each 45,. Inits preferred form, my cornice 1 consists of Pa is heldagaihst m v in y e t two'brackets 2,- a front piece 3 and a cover piece 4. I ciaiml r The front piece 3 is preferably madein the nature A cornice ofthe character described com-, 7 of a flatboard having moldings-5 running along-x p is a [front pi vi c din s running sidethe top and bottom edges thereof. :It stands alongside thereof anda bracket for an end th'ere- .50 t reason that the shape of the front'piece may of, the bracket being formed with a recess cor- 10.5

be changed in many different ways, but that e p d n in outline to the n of the preferably thefront piece should be of uniform front piece so as to be adap d to receive the or substantially uniformgcross section. same and to be held thereby. p The brackets 2 arecomplementarm'and each v2.fIn combination, a window casing anda corv 65. comprises,in its preferred formQa flat plate havnice for the same comprising a front piece havllO ing moldings running alongside thereof and brackets for the ends of the front piece, the bracketsbelng formed with a recess corresponding in outline to the cross-section of thefront .piece so as to be adapted to receive'the same and to be held thereby and a cover platerfastened to the front piece and the casing respectively for I holding the cornice in place.

3. Acornice of the character described, comprisingra mmt piece'having moldings running alongside thereof and brackets for the ends of 

